Word: gee
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...cynic since the onset of adolescence—have been proud of my cynicism, have recognized it for the sturdy rampart it is, have smiled wryly as it, undented, has deflected disappointment. Expect little, and you cannot be disappointed. With our generation, a hard cynicism has replaced the gee-whiz ingenuousness that characterized American generations past as surely as carbon is pressed from peat into coal. What danger could there be in protective cynicism...
...gee, I'm sorry...
...music that makes me want to bathe in my own vomit just to drown it out. What pisses me off is the content of “Complicated,” in that she’s lambasting some guy for assuming a false image to impress people. Gee, is he maybe wearing a stupid tie with a wifebeater and constantly flashing horns in homage to the devil? Why, Avril, he’s perfect...
...Many of China's gee-whiz weapons may prove to be nerd fantasies that never work. But the significance of these well-documented research programs lies in the thinking behind them. They reflect China's new approach to war, especially a possible conflict with the U.S. over Taiwan. In the past, China was set on building a force that could invade and occupy Taiwan and even win a local conflict with the U.S. However, realists within the Chinese military now accept that it might take two decades to catch up with the U.S., so China has adopted a more pragmatic...
...still working on pronouncing all the Arab names she was learning. When she went to the gym after her first day of TV appearances, her spinning class greeted her with a round of applause. But she doesn't relish notoriety--"I didn't wake up one morning and say, 'Gee, I'm going to sue the President!'"--and she is intensely protective of her private life. As a lawyer, she has a natural antipathy to being interviewed--she likes to be the one asking the questions, thank you. She will not allow her husband or children to be named...